Mock The Week is one of the TV panel gameshows that came at the tail end of the panel comedy trend. The fad started with Have I Got News For You, followed quickly by They Think Its All Over opening the doors for many other pretenders to the throne. MTW though has staying power and [...]
Lee Evans - Access All Arenas
Evans jumps around the stage with so much enthusiasm that you feel out of breath just watching him. Similar to Norman Wisdom in appearance and energy but with more variety he bounds from topic to topic with wild abandon.
John Cleese – Completely Different Emcee
Prince Charles celebrates his 60th birthday this year, and among various engagements Thursday November 13th was the date that The Princes’ Trust - an organisation setup by Charles to help young people - held an evening of A-list comedy entertainment in his honour at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London.
The performers were Rowan Atkinson, Robin [...]
Britain’s got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
Well, what can you say – it’s split the nation, pretty much like the subject matter, but Britain’s got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice was an absolute triumph for Peter Kay and Channel 4 on Sunday evening.
If you missed it – shame on you! Among [...]
The Secret Policemans Ball
Excellent to see Mitchell and Webb doing their Nazi “Hans, are we the baddies…?” sketch on last week’s show at the Albert Hall, and the little Iranian lady was good too.
But what a load of bad choices!
Alan Carr stuggles to be funny at the best of times, frankly, with much of the laughs coming from [...]
Omid Djalili Review
Omid Djalili’s “No Agenda” show was broadcast on Friday night on Channel 4, and gives an interesting demonstration in the art of standup comedy.
It topped off a reasonable evening of comedy, but while Enfield, Whitehouse and Murray have what can clearly be described as jokes, Djalili’s material sits in the realm of ethnic-observational-social comedy - [...]
Harry and Paul
[singlepic=53,320,240,,right]A welcome return for Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse on Friday evening, with the “I Saw You Coming” man on deliciously rude form, the posh scaffolders discussing modern art and an amusing 1920s version of The Bourne Identity.
But top of the pile was a superb Dragon’s Den skit, with closely observed impersonations of Peter Jones, [...]
Olivia Lee - Poster Girl of British Comedy
If anyone was in any doubt of the charm and talent of Olivia Lee, a cool 30 minutes in front of Channel 4s Comedy Lab on Thursday evening would have proven without a shadow that this girl is the hottest British female comic out there.
Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits was the funniest thing on TV on [...]
Steve Martin
[singlepic=61,320,240,,right]One of the few American comics you’ll find on Quintessential Comedy, Steve Martin is one helluva crazeeee guy.
Currently the Daily Record is running an “interview” (in reality a few quotes mainly cribbed from his autobiography) that reveals the darker sides to Martin, as well as a summary of some of his motivations and, typically, a [...]
Al Murray book reviewed
[singlepic=15,240,320,,right]Causing a certain amount of surprise and a definite source of amusing on Christmas Day was Al Murray’s The Pub Landlord’s Book of British Common Sense.
I went off comedy books a few years ago when I was heartily disappointed by Wayne’s World, and hadn’t really recovered – Murray’s tome has restored my faith in the [...]
